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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 24 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 7 3 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 6 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 5 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 5 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 4 0 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 17, 1861., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], A brilliant skirmish. (search)
ounted and nailed a shoe on his horse. Private W. G. Berhard, by great presence of mind, by quickly inclining his head side-ways, saved his life, receiving a slight abrasion of the skin, on his neck, from a ball shot by a man, whom he instantly shot down. Sergeant Wm. Powell, Privates Willis Otey and James P. Lovell had their horses shot — Powell's dangerously. Sergeants Powell, Turner, and Wood, and Privates J. P. Turner, P. A. James, J. L. Dickerson, John Brooks, G. T. Mattox, Poindexter, and H. S. Wright, may be favorably noticed for their success in killing and capturing the enemy. It is due to Captain Rosser to state that this brilliant skirmish was won while he had command; and on two most important occasions, and in the thickest part of the fight, he was nearest to the enemy. At one time, far ahead of every one he was seen riding alone through the cornfield in pursuit of the armed fugitives. He captured an enemy mounted, and still holds the horse and saddle as